Writing Excuses 9.10: Engaging Characters
Nancy Fulda joins us for a discussion of engaging characters. We begin by explaining how engaging characters don’t need to be sympathetic, but certainly can be, and then we head into why we find...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 9.9: What to do When Truth is Stranger than Fiction
Nancy Fulda is back this week to talk with us about the truth, and what do to when it’s stranger than fiction. Sometimes real people’s names are just too cool, and if you were to put them in a book...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 9.8: When is your Handwavium Good Enough?
Eric James Stone and the Wilhelm Scream join us for a talk about “handwavium,” that stuff that you use instead of through-and-through hard science. It’s that part where you wave your hand and say...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 9.7: Last Pass Revisions with Eric James Stone
Revision, revision, revision. It’s easy to tell when you’re in the thick of it, but how do you know when you’re at the end of it? What does the last pass of revisions look like? Eric James Stone joins...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 9.6: The Experience of Time
Mette Ivie Harrison joins us again for a fun discussion of how we experience time. This episode runs a little differently. Howard shares an experience he had driving on black ice, Mette shares an...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 9.5: Hijacking the Knowledge You Already Have, with Mette...
What are those things you already know, but which you might not be using in your writing? How do you identify those things and put them to work for you? Mette Ivie Harrison joins us for a discussion of...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 9.4: Artificial Intelligence with Nancy Fulda
Nancy Fulda, herself a lettered student of artificial intelligence, joins us to talk about writing artificial intelligence believably. We fire questions at her so that you don’t have to! We talk about...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 9.3: Character Perception vs. Narrative Perception with Nancy...
Nancy Fulda, who was a guest on the cast clear back in Season 2, joins us to talk about using the narrative to call out or offset character perceptions. Sometimes the POV character “knows” a thing...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 9.2: Hard Science Fiction with Eric James Stone
Eric James Stone joins us for a discussion of hard science fiction. We begin with a discussion of definitions, and then we take care not to spend the whole episode just talking about that. We talk...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 9.1: Chronology of a Book Deal with Eric James Stone
Happy New Year, and happy new season of Writing Excuses! Eric James Stone joins us to talk about his latest book deal. These things are different for everyone, and the marketplace is changing so...
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